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Taco Bell cupcakes and smoothie. Photo: Fast Food Maven/Orange County Register
Taco Bell is test marketing cupcakes and smoothies in California, the Orange County Register reports.
Red velvet cupcakes, smoothies and "Wendy's-inspired shakes" were found by the Fast Food Maven on Wednesday. The paper's Fast Food Maven uncovered the sweets and drinks at two California locations -- Buena Park and Tustin.
But don't go looking for these mystery desserts at your local Taco Bell outpost quite yet -- they may not even make it to the menu nationally. "The company doesn't comment on products in development," Rob Poetsch, a spokesman for Taco Bell, told Slashfood on Friday.
So, are they any good?
Fast Food Maven said the Strawberry Banana smoothie wasn't. "There was no trace of banana in it, and the strawberry flavor tasted very artificial. I'd rather pay $1 more and get a real good smoothie at Juice it Up or Jamba Juice."
As for the cupcakes she shared with her newspaper colleagues: "One co-worker said, 'Is the frosting beef-flavored?' I don't think so, but maybe it should have been laced with something. I took one bite and shivered because the frosting was super rich and sugary. 'The frosting is there to cover up the dry cake,' one self-proclaimed cheapskate editor said.
[Via Orange County Register]
| Yes, they're yummy. | |
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| Yes, not a fan. | |
| Haven't seen them. | |
| I hope my Taco Bell gets 'em. |
10-09-2009 @4:36PM Julie said... The cup cakes should do really well they are just so popular these days. We have so many cup cake only businesses going up in our area.
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10-09-2009 @10:34PM Bernie B said... This just seems like a bad idea. You go to Taco Bell for the pseudo Tex-Mex, not Midwest Cupcakery. I guess they figured there wasn't enough sugar on the menu?
Couldn't they just come up with a version of Flan?
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10-10-2009 @12:12PM Alli said... This is just...wrong
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10-10-2009 @9:57PM Moe said... How about TAMALES. You claim to be "south of the border". Which border? True mexican food (if that is what your food is supposed to be, should have TAMALES.
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10-10-2009 @10:13PM Aunt Julie Rich said... A VERY long time ago, McDonalds, at least in our part of Southern California (Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley), carried brownies. They were the best brownies I have ever tasted and remain so to this day, and this is NOT just because it was some great childhood memory. (Well, a bit older than CHILDhood childhood, but...) I can still recall how they tasted and have never found *quite* the same since. Who knows where they got them from? Not me! but I wish they were still available. Guess they weren't big sellers or they'd have continued to carry them... ??
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10-10-2009 @10:38PM Ruby said... I would love for them to bring back the" bell burgers".They were good and I still crave them.
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10-10-2009 @11:26PM Melisa said... Just bring back the choco tacos, those were sooo good, and now they're hard to find. I know they were made by nestle, but who cares, they sold well when my taco bell sold them.
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10-11-2009 @12:16AM Sal said... Love Taco Bell food but the piped in music is the most irritating music I've ever heard. Music at an eating establishment should be subdued or quiet. Wendy's must use the same irritating music service.
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10-11-2009 @2:39AM Lakes said... I agree Moe whats cupcakes doing in a Mexican Restaurant? I am not a cupcake lover anyway. Increase your mexican food menu. Love the Big Beef Burreo Supreme and the Taco Salad supreme.
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10-11-2009 @6:25AM popnfresh said... SCORE! i live in BP so i guess ill go see how it is.
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10-11-2009 @7:28AM Betj said... I wish these fast food companies would listen to what consumers really want and add more healthy choices. Perhaps a whole wheat burrito with egg white and lean chicken meat and fat free cheese. Add more healthy options and not some lame cupcakes!
I used to eat lots of processed foods. The woman at Wendy's knew my order (double cheeseburger, fries and a diet coke) Even though I was eating a lot of calories, I was always hungry and snacking on junk. When I wasn't eating unhealthy, I was on a diet...it was either one or the other...no middle ground. After struggling over the years to lose weight and keep it off, I finally found what worked for me. I avoid processed high calorie foods and keep it simple and walk every day. Eat less, burn more!
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10-19-2009 @12:18PM jackie said... THE BELL BEEFER! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WHEN THEY TOOK THEM OFF THE MENU. THEY WERE THE BEST. PLEASE IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO THIS MATTERS TO, BRING THEM BACK. TACO BELL SHOULD REALLY TRY THIS IS OTHER STATES, I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA WHEN I HAD THEM BUT NOW LIVE IN KENTUCKY THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE BELL BEFFER. I AM MOVING TO LAS VEGAS, PLEASE BRING THEM BACK.
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10-11-2009 @11:07AM Marti said... Oh, thank goodness! When I read smoothie I first thought of a 'taco salad smoothie' that I noticed for sale at a fair this weekend! *cringe*
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10-11-2009 @11:24AM Colin said... Excuse me while I go vomit.........okay I'm back I hardly consider toco bell real "food" I honestly don't see how people can eat the stuff, but toco bell cup cakes, wait cup cakes, smothies I thought toco bell was mexican food, okay then, but I would not eat the junk if you paid me.
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10-11-2009 @12:24PM LynnMcEd said... Why would Taco Bell want to sell cupcakes? There would be other mexican inspired dessert that I would add to menu, but then again, they didn't ask.
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10-13-2009 @12:53PM Heather said... WV has has Taco Bell "smoothies" for at least 2 years now. We have strawberry, strawberry banana, mango, and pina colada. They all suck. You can still get Choco Tacos in Florida.
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10-11-2009 @1:27PM Colin said... Haven't they heard of a soapipia?
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10-12-2009 @11:46AM Tim McCarty said... My proposal: Put flan inside something like a Flinstones Push-Pop container or some sort of cone. That way, people can eat it while driving, and it's still kinda Faux-Tex-Mex. Or you could do Tres Leche cake. Some nice, cool milk soaked cake to go after spicy tacos (yeah, they aren't really that hot, actually) sounds nice, and it'd be pretty hard to mess up. I've seen recipes for Tres Leche cupcakes, if you want to keep the cupcake machinery you already invested in.
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